THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT

Dr Tim Ball from the International Climate Science Coalition writing at the website Canada Free Press highlights the many variables in temperature reporting.

"How much do calculations of global temperatures represent the real temperature of the Earth? Every day new stories appear about temperature records with errors or deliberate omissions. An important part of the debate is something called the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE)."

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THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

An extract of presentations given by Professor Bob Carter around Australia in recent months hosted by ACSC.

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IS THE SCIENCE REALLY SETTLED ON CLIMATE CHANGE?

In a recent paper for the Science and Public Policy Institute, Lawrerence Solomon notes "There are now six separate investigations underway which have been spawned by the Climategate emails. One of those six is by the UK Met Office, which partnered with the Climatic Research Unit in producing the data sets."

Given the Met Office is now defending itself over the fudging of temperature datasets it is fair to ask - Is the science really settled?

COMPUTER GEEK UNCOVERS BRITISH CLIMATE DATA ERRORS

The British Meteorological Office has been forced to correct its global temperature records after a science blogger discovered that Australian weather data had been misused or discarded says Paola Totara in The Age.

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LABOR IN DENIAL AS ETS FAIRYLAND FRACTURES

THE Rudd government stares down the gun barrel of one of the greatest policy and political retreats of the past generation that confounds its election strategy and its policy credibility writes Paul Kelly of The Australian.

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PROFESSOR FRED SINGER TO SPEAK IN SINGAPORE MARCH 2nd

An opportunity for anyone in the region on March 2nd to hear Professor Singer speak on Economics and Climate Science